Near Marineland is crucial listening for all devotees of synth-punk and minimal electronics

in a distinctively poetic but touching and identifiable manner

"We begin with a theme

Molchat Doma (translated as “Houses Are Silent”)

record and tape covers to present an arresting cross-section of the genre-sundering art Nigel Ayers created between 1980 and 1992

SEEDBED - Stalemate LP Fanzine Near Marineland is crucial listeningTOPAZ SMOKE VINYL. Seedbed is a new revolving door collective project helmed by Atlanta songwriter JJ Posway (Sloping, Scooterbabe). After six years of recording what was to be the ambitious final studio album of Posways long running Athens based band Scooterbabe, most traces of the groups scrappy indie pop had been burnished off to reveal something entirely new. What emerged from the ashes was Seedbed. Largely composed of performances and songwriting